Anon that talked about the phone bans here! To clarify before I begin, school is NOT education. Everyone should get education. Its how a school is typically built is the problem!
Schools require students to sit down for 8 hours a day with few breaks, and punish kids for forgetfulness. It teaches kids to memorize, not learn (coming from experience and things I've heard)
I'm a neurodivergent student, and so is my partner, and we both personally struggle in school for these reasons. Schools were built for people to listen, like factory jobs. We have a lot more high paying jobs now, many of which don't require strict guidelines and rule following. Kids who struggle with these things (or cant do stuff like sit still or may need more instructions than the heavy nuance thats typically provided) often get in trouble. I have a C average in all my classes because I have memory issues, and teachers typically don't accept late work (though thats not entirely the district's fault)
In my current district, the accommodations also suck (so this is more of a personal thing than a general thing) and I dint think there's any real regulations on them. Districts sometimes ignore IEPs and 504s (they ignore my gf's IEP) and treat kids as "basically neurotypical" or "severely disabled/incapable" with no nuance.
Overall, schools were made for factories, jobs that required people to do the same thing every day for multiple hours a day. They're still majorly built like this today, which can hurt students who struggle with those things (sitting still, following nuanced directions, etc). They also tend to limit what kids can learn while claiming they "prepare us for becoming adults". One time my mom got punished for doing math a different way than the teacher taught back when she was a kid, and this is a common occurrence.
Sorry if this ramble doesn't make sense but I hope I got most of my points across fine. I wrote this in my notes app and I cant always tyoe coherenttly (I have ADHD so points just come up at random in my head so I have to put them down so I dont forget) :p
My school was pretty good in newer methods of teaching and had less strict options (though not for cores, those are still strict paths), but from what I know from my friends from other districts, this applies and is why I personally am a believer in reforming the education system!
I somewhat disagree with the "made for factories" part, schools now push "you need college or else", at least in my area, though the methods of teaching students may not have evolved that much since the days where factory jobs were a lot more abundant - and that repetitiveness can now be applied to modern desk jobs that schools also push now.
Overall our current school system doesn't benefit disabled children as it displays future pathways as very closed off when the reality is there are so many different kinds of jobs. One example I can give are doctors, schools don't really go past just saying doctors help medical issues, but there are so many types of doctors, not all doctors are as hands on compared to others, etc etc.